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Companionway Door Track Insulation. Bowedtoothdoc at 11:21am 12.12.12 Big Boats 3/1473 Happy Holidays to Everyone on such a great forum! I recently noticed that on my sliding companionwa
Lazerette filling with water RWSlater at 10:08am 12.12.12 Big Boats 6/1796 I have a 96 passage 42 and the transom lazerette is leaking in sea water when I'm underway. I suspec
New 9.9hp high thrust Yamaha Matros at 9:04am 12.12.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/4881 Hey Everyone, I'm thinking of purchasing a brand new outboard (Yamaha 9.9 high thrust 25") and woul
Tripp Design FourPoints at 8:54am 12.12.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1429 Does anyone know anyone at Tripp Design in Norwalk, CT (designers of the Bermuda 40, the Block Islan
Plastic Classic Question Squidd at 6:58am 12.12.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2185 This is for a different forum, but some of you guys might go there and perhaps be able to help me...
Old O23 Centerboard Pivot ruidh at 5:26am 12.12.12 Day Sailers 18/3914 I'm trying to remove the centrists on my '71 O23. This is an iron keel with a pivot pin that goes al
Sydney International Boatshow Ken13559 at 8:35pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1120 Any Aussies on this forum? If yes, could you tell me if the Sydney International Boatshow (Aug 2013)
Sacrificial zincs?? dutchy at 5:24pm 12.11.12 Big Boats 8/2379 Does the Yanmar 3GMF (fresh water cooled) have any zincs in the engine block? It is my understandin
repair help please rstone at 4:30pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 25/7246 hey everybody, i'm totally new to sailing. as in never been. but sunday i bought a 1969 morgan 22 in
Videos from Desolation Sound ... eliems at 4:29pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2236 Just started loading some of the clips from our trip last year on to YouTube. Desolation Sound is a
New Membership Cards (2) thubbard84 at 4:20pm 12.11.12 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 2/6537 Hi All, Attached is samples of the new HAPS "business cards." We will hand 5-10 of them to everyone
Southern Boating Roger Long at 3:02pm 12.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 19/5761 The gift of humor that keeps on giving: http://www.cruisingonstrider.us/images/SBO/SouthernBoating.
Should I insulate my headliner space? (8) gnashty at 3:00pm 12.11.12 Big Boats 4/7606 My wife and I just bought our 1987 Hunter 40, which we're living aboard, and we are battling the ele
Things That Go Squish in the Night (1) Roger Long at 2:48pm 12.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/1851
Barrier coat recommendation Isla-Mae at 12:04pm 12.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2066 I am restoring a 1977 O'Day 25. How important it it that I have a barrier coat put on the bottom?
Speed sensor through hull fitting on O'Day 25 Isla-Mae at 12:01pm 12.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1840 I am restoring a '77 O 'Day 25 and come to a speed sensor fitting just aft of the keel. The gauge is
sigh, Selling my boat... What made you buy yours?? KandD at 11:29am 12.11.12 Big Boats 5/2029 :cry: USN has decided my wife has spent enough time on the east coast and we are going west... we'l*
Engine to Engine rivettw at 10:23am 12.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1412 Hello guys, Currently looking at the feasability of swapping out my old 2QM20 (in 79' 37ft Hunter cu
Modify Bulkhead between Nav station and Main Salon maisso at 9:14am 12.11.12 S2 2/1547 I have a 1983 9.2A and am considering some improvements. One of which would be to 'cut' the separati
O'Day 19 "Weekender" Battery Box yeahmag at 9:12am 12.11.12 Day Sailers 8/3422 My 19 is really coming along... The previous owner had the battery just sitting in the starboard hat

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Water Tank Material WasabiRush at 3:54pm 03.28.23 The fitting on the tank that the vent hose connects to.
I am Knot going aloft today Tally Ho at 3:45pm 03.28.23 This. Our new 2022 stackpac with integrated lazy jacks has been a great addition for solo sailing
Why are silicone based waxes bad? dmax at 3:45pm 03.28.23 I would say compound and wax is better but I've done both and I think Poli-Glow is less work. I did
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 3:39pm 03.28.23 If we can only get the bloody thing to go VROOM.,. :plus: Good luck, John! :beer:
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 3:34pm 03.28.23 This has been a step forward step backward project. In my last post there was a lot of excitement.
Quileute Harbor Marina aka Lapush Boat Basin, Washington Coast dkinzer at 3:19pm 03.28.23 Please read my blog. It will help you. Honest, it will. I plan to read it several times. Thanks.
Why are silicone based waxes bad? dlochner at 3:18pm 03.28.23
Quileute Harbor Marina aka Lapush Boat Basin, Washington Coast Stu Jackson at 3:16pm 03.28.23 I found that there is a marina (almost centered) between Gray's and Neah Bay called "Lapush Boat Ba
Why are silicone based waxes bad? Captain Larry-DH at 3:14pm 03.28.23 Check out Poli-Glow (PoliGlow) - it's not for the purists, it's like a floor wax with UV protection
Why are silicone based waxes bad? George Braun at 2:51pm 03.28.23 Products with silicones and especially products with PTFE, no matter the brand or the details- all h
Why are silicone based waxes bad? dlochner at 2:47pm 03.28.23 In the past I tried Poli-Glo and did not like the appearance. To my eye it gave the hull a plastic l
Water Tank Material Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:30pm 03.28.23 By "nipple" are you referring to the female fitting in the tank? Or the male hose fitting? --Peggi
New Running Rigging for a C310 Siamese at 2:24pm 03.28.23 You are right to not trust the Catalina figures. Two years ago, I replaced all the running rigging
Advice for newbie on equipping a boat with a Main Sail (1) rgranger at 2:21pm 03.28.23 You will want to save and reuse this end cap... move the two machine screws seen on either side and
Asbestos? (1) rgranger at 2:13pm 03.28.23 I would do more than just wet it before I disturb it (BTW-one of my job roles is to serve as the che
Hunter 240 Running Rigging Dave Groshong at 1:37pm 03.28.23 We offer them here, yes the manual is generally accurate: https://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/rr.php?m
Why are silicone based waxes bad? dmax at 11:59am 03.28.23 Common floor wax stripper removes it - I've done it, it's not that bad. Overall, much less work than
I am Knot going aloft today (1) h2o_snow at 11:50am 03.28.23
Quileute Harbor Marina aka Lapush Boat Basin, Washington Coast FastOlson at 11:43am 03.28.23 I have done deliveries up n down the Washington coast for several decades. Most skippers want to get
Quileute Harbor Marina aka Lapush Boat Basin, Washington Coast Terry Cox at 11:19am 03.28.23 There is a suitable marina in Gray's Harbor, about 9 hours from Astoria. Consider Willapa Bay as a

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